Bible Verse of the Day Monday December 7th 2020

Galatians 5:13-14 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself

According to President Franklin Roosevelt, December 7th, 1941 was a day that will live in infamy. Today we look back and honor all of those that were there that day and the many that paid the ultimate price. The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when many were still asleep in the early morning hours.  This one incident changed the minds and attitudes of the United States citizens and launched us into World War II. The brave men and women that gave their lives that day were serving their country and had taken an oath to defend the United States, even if it meant laying down their own lives. The liberty that we enjoy as citizens of the United States was bought and paid for by the blood of brave men and women on battlefields from Concord to Afghanistan.

There is another liberty that all that surrender their hearts, minds, spirits, bodies, and souls know, and that is liberty and freedom from the servitude of Satan and sin. The liberty and freedom from the bondage of sin is how we identify with Christ Jesus. The freedom that we enjoy today as citizens of the United States is ours because of people who loved their country more than themselves. Spiritual freedom that we know today is ours because of the innocent blood of Christ Jesus that He shed on the Cross of Calvary.

Jesus loves all people of the world, and He displayed that love on an Old Rugged Cross. The freedom we know through being a Christian derives and rotates around the love of God in and through Jesus. Only through the power of the indwelling of God's Holy Spirit will we be able to avoid becoming yoked again by the wiles of Satan and his evil followers (Galatians 5:1). However, it is a battle that we will be fighting as long as we are in this life. On its surface, that scenario seems like bad news, but the good news is that God has provided the ultimate weapon, the super deterrent and armament for which our enemy Satan has no defense. Jesus used this weapon against Satan when He was in the wilderness for forty days, and it will work just as effectively today as it worked for Jesus when he was battling with Satan in a desert wilderness. That weapon is the Word of God, the Holy Bible.

Sadly, too many Christians are unfamiliar with the interworking of this powerful superweapon. Unfortunately, Satan is well versed on God's Word's interwinding, and he knows that it is the unadulterated truth. His only defense is to convince people that it is not worth their time and effort to investigate its time-tested truth. Satan knows that if he can redirect our attention to some worldly endeavor and keep our minds occupied with the pursuit of fame and fortune, we will not find the time to spend in God's Word. Any materialistic ambition that we strive for, that keeps us from spending time daily in God's Word, is a fool's errand. Any worldly trinkets that we acquire in this life are all temporary; there is no need for gold or silver in eternity. However, the benefits of making God's Word our daily diet will nourish us not only through this life, but life eternal.